Excellent Uniquely Designed DB Machine
Updated December 13, 2024

Excellent Uniquely Designed DB Machine

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Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Exadata

Various database servers for Healthcare applications. Use cases span from typical transactional systems to data warehouse and analytics. Important criteria: database performance, data safety, 24x7 non-stop operations, High Availability. These are critical for real-time applications serving customers in healthcare industry.

Pros

  • High speed of SQL operations due to a unique design of Exadata with offloading of SQL processing to storage cells
  • Built-in High Availability of a DB server due to it's base architecture of a multi-node Oracle Real Application Cluster
  • High overall sever performance due to its use of a proprietary "Smart Cache" feature utilizing a high speed flash memory
  • Excellent scalability of a DB server by adding cluster nodes as well as expanding it into a network of serially connected clusters

Cons

  • The process of patching and upgrade of Exadata server components could be improved with a goal to minimize the overall effort, make it fully automated and transparent.
  • Improved guidelines and possibly more sophisticated tools for sizing of new Exadata servers for migration from old legacy hardware.
  • One of the central critical systems was migrated from a large 4-node Oracle RAC running on legacy hardware. This application was experiencing severe performance issues literally causing loss of service for numerous customers. Once it was migrated to a 2-node Exadata server, its average performance improved almost by a level of magnitude, therefore eliminating any signs of application slowness.
  • Numerous application databases were migrated to Exadata servers which reduced the overall cost of hardware due to Exadata's price structure.
As mentioned before, Oracle Exadata is a universal DB server which fits a full variety of database applications from typical transactional to hybrid, data warehouse, analytics, etc.
A unique architecture of Oracle Exadata machine which consists of several components: compute, storage cells with offloaded SQL processing within the cell, smart cache. In addition it is an Oracle RAC server with high speed interconnect between its built-in nodes.

Do you think Oracle Exadata delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Oracle Exadata's feature set?

Yes

Did Oracle Exadata live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Oracle Exadata go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Oracle Exadata again?

Yes

While Oracle Exadata is specific to Oracle products, it is universal enough to provide excellent high speed and reliable DB service for all types of business applications. It is also extremely efficient for datawarehouse and analytical systems due to Exadata's SQL performance in high data volume processes.

Oracle Exadata Feature Ratings

9.0
High-Volume Data Processing
10
Data Warehouse Management
10
Administrative Automation
6
Self-Optimization
10
Not Rated
Data model creation
Not Rated
Not Rated
Visualization
Not Rated
10.0
At-Rest Data Encryption
10
In-Transit Data Encryption
10
In-Use Data Encryption
10
Data Redaction
10
Data Masking
10
10.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
Location-Based Data Governance
Not Rated
Multi-User Support (named login)
10

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